And now a road connects the cul-de-sac
To the adjacent development
But there used to be trees stretching back

And there was no way through

And I was thankful for the mystery

But by the time that girl had hanged herself
I could have looked out my back window
And watched her neck just snap


Baseball field lights that shine
Over the shedding pine

Each bulb's a blinding sphere
In the secular nation
Unhurried sirens moan

Pitches that glaze my eyes
She's just a pale fleshy typewriter-light adverti!@&(t for a wind chime that emits rays which resonate in the polluted sky


All entrances to the
Merritt blocked off I mean
I'd love to believe that death's

Just the beginning as the
Shutters fly open and the
Breeze gives me pause

I know what's out there
morning phone calls silence and resentment and craters a new moon built in a line